The Importance of Counsel Opinions in the US Patent Law after Broadcom v. Qualcomm2011-03-06

If sued, a defendant may produce such opinion of counsel in court as evidence to prove good-faith reliance on the professional opinion that the patent is invalid or not infringed, and to exonerate itself from the bad-faith intent to infringe.


Who is making junk patents?2011-03-06

As Thomson Reuters pointed out in a research report, “China will surpass Japan and the United States in the annual number of patents by 2011.”


Beijing rewards shining patents2011-02-23

Fifty winners from 188 candidate patents were recently announced as recipients of the Beijing Invention Patent Awards, with the largest proportion going to the electronic communication industry, according to the project office.


Massive surge in patent filings2011-02-11

China's international patent filings surged more than 56 percent last year, leading the global growth in international filings, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced.


Nation passes 1 million mark in yearly patent applications2011-01-26

It took a decade and a half from 1985 to 2000 for China to register its first million patent applications, a figure it easily surpassed last year alone when 1.22 million applications were filed.


Patent law revision: More power to collect evidence2011-01-19

Parties in a patent dispute can now seek help from the authorities to collect evidence, according to a revised regulation of the patent law issued by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO).


Patented genomic cancer treatment in clinical trials2011-01-12

As modern biomedical science makes dramatic progress in the fight against cancer, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center has become a pioneer in fighting malignant tumors with genomic medicine.


SIPO: quality, not numbers, key to patents and innovation2011-01-05

Patent quality is the key to maintaining intellectual property research and production advantages, a Chinese intellectual property official, told a Dec 22 forum in Beijing,


Patented 'power flow computation' simulates industry2011-01-05

Obviously, the best, most effective way to assure the safety of cars on the nation's roads is to have traffic police check them, one by one.


Range of patents go on the auction block2010-12-08

Ninety high-tech patents developed by the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) will be auctioned in Beijing on Dec 16, just a part of more than 320 patents held by the technology powerhouse that will be sold.


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